Old Fashioned
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Rocks glass, 8–10 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
whiskey
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Ingredients
- 2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
- 0.25 oz simple syrup
- 2 dash Angostura bitters
- Orange twist, for garnish
Instructions
Build in a rocks glass, add ice, and stir until chilled.
Behind the drink
A little history
1800s
United States
The Old Fashioned preserves the earliest cocktail formula: spirit, sugar, water, and bitters. By the late nineteenth century, drinkers asking for a cocktail made the “old-fashioned” way were pushing back against increasingly elaborate additions.
Old Fashioned history